Politifact.com: Statements from Deval Patrickhttp://www.politifact.com/personalities/deval-patrick/Statements from Deval Patrick reviewed by Politifact.comen-usTue, 04 Sep 2012 22:45:17 -0400Deval Patrick:
&quot;By the time&nbsp;(Mitt Romney)&nbsp;left office, Massachusetts was 47th in the nation in job creation.&quot;
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/sep/04/deval-patrick/did-mitt-romneys-massachusetts-rank-47th-job-creat/The Truth-o-Meter says: Half-True | Did Mitt Romney's Massachusetts rank 47th in job creation?
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<p> Repeating a favorite talking point, speakers at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., took aim at Mitt Romney&rsquo;s job-creation record as governor of Massachusetts. &quot;By the time he left office, Massachusetts was 47th in the nation in job creation,&quot; said Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, the Democrat who succeeded Romney in 2006. This claim has been an old chestnut on the campaign trail since last year; we first rated it when President Barack Obama&rsquo;s campaign adviser, David Axelrod, made it in June 2011. We rated it Half True then, and Half ...</p> <a href="/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/sep/04/deval-patrick/did-mitt-romneys-massachusetts-rank-47th-job-creat/">>> More</a>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 22:45:17 -0400http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/sep/04/deval-patrick/did-mitt-romneys-massachusetts-rank-47th-job-creat/Deval Patrick:
The 2006 Massachusetts health care law has &quot;added (only) about 1 percent to our state budget.&quot;http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/mar/02/deval-patrick/deval-patrick-said-massachusetts-health-care-law-a/The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly True | Deval Patrick said the Massachusetts health care law added 1 percent to the state budget.
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<p> Massachusetts overhauled its health care laws in 2006 to work toward universal coverage. Many consider it a model for national health care reform -- even critics, who say that Massachusetts&rsquo; problems with cost controls mean the national plan will have similar problems. But Deval Patrick, the Democratic governor of the state, said the cost overruns aren&rsquo;t as dramatic as some are claiming, when asked about it on This Week with Christiane Amanpour. &quot;Actually, it&#39;s added about 1 percent to our state budget, which is not what is generally reported on out there, but ...</p> <a href="/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/mar/02/deval-patrick/deval-patrick-said-massachusetts-health-care-law-a/">>> More</a>Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:05:22 -0500http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/mar/02/deval-patrick/deval-patrick-said-massachusetts-health-care-law-a/